Category: Qualities of Good Fiction
Between the Crafts
This last Monday evening I had a great conversation with one of my colleagues, the poet Mark Lilley. Mark was gracious enough to read a…
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A Great Generalization
In my last post I mentioned that one of the books I am reading is this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner, “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt.…
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Harrison and Clark at 2:25 Sunday Afternoon
There is a tendency (if not the cultural expectation), on Monday morning when we tell each other stories about our weekend, to simply report the…
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What the Characters Said and Did
"Favor character interaction over setting." - Recent advice from a colleague What this fellow meant was spend your time – the space on your pages…
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